Ms Diaz had made one friend in Tai Lam, another woman inmate who could speak English.

"I called her 'Mum'," Rachel told news.com.au.

But the woman could not endure Tai Lam and committed suicide, sending Ms Diaz further into anxiety and depression.

While in Tai Lam, she was hospitalised with panic attacks.

Meanwhile in Bali, Denpasar District Court had sentenced Chan and Sukumaran to execution by firing squad.

The other seven members of the Bali Nine received sentences varying from 20 years to life in prison, and death by execution.

Police have independently confirmed to news.com.au that Chan wrote from Kerobokan prison to Ms Diaz in Tai Lam telling her to shut up about the larger drug plot.

Rachel Diaz was transferred from a Hong Kong prison to a Sydney jail and was eventually freed.

The drug syndicate closely linked to Chan and Sukumaran and operated at a local level by Korean-Australian Sung Won Kim and his cohort Bao "Tony" Zhang had recruited Ms Diaz and Vo.

Andrew Chan re-enacting at Ngurah rai Airport the night he was arrested preparing to board a plane for Sydney.

They were arrested at Sydney airport with three packets of laxatives as they waited for Vo and Ms Diaz to return, unaware of the Hong Kong arrests.

Ms Diaz later testified via videolink from Hong Kong against Zhang and Kim, who were convicted of conspiring to import a prohibited drug and imprisoned.

But the Diaz family spent tens of thousands of dollars of their life savings travelling and hiring lawyers in Hong Kong in vain to free her.

In May 2008, Ferdinand Diaz appealed to the NSW Government to pay the $10,000 to transfer Ms Diaz from Tai Lam to Long Bay prison to serve out he sentence.

Mr Diaz said that Rachel was an emotional wreck, medicated and frequently in tears.

Ms Diaz told news.com.au she spent five years behind bars in Hong Kong before being transferred to the Special Purpose Centre within Long Bay correctional facility.

She served a total of six years and eight months before finally being released from prison to her family in Sydney.

The forbidding exterior of Tai Lam prison where Rachel Diaz was imprisoned for years. Picture: Wikipedia/Frog Wong

Rachel Diaz at a Sydney family dinner.

Diaz with Hayden Garner who she allegedly assaulted.

In early 2015, Indonesia rejected all avenues of appeal by Chan and Sukumaran against their death sentences

Troops transferred the men from Bali to Nusakambangan prison island and on April 29, 2015, a firing squad executed the two Australians along with six other drug offenders.

Ms Diaz has been in a de facto relationship with Hayden Garner for 18 months and the couple live together in western Sydney.

Mr Garner was driving Ms Diaz to a job interview when the alleged incident in his ute occurred on the M2 last November.

Police allege the pair had an argument, and that Mr Garner then refused to take Ms Diaz to the interview.

The argument escalated, and Ms Diaz then allegedly opened the passenger door to fall from the vehicle.

When Mr Garner allegedly attempted to stop her from falling, police say Ms Diaz kicked him in the jaw and when he took the Pennant Hills off ramp she allegedly began to scream "help" at other vehicles.

Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran’s bids for clemency failed and Indonesia prepared (above) for their executions.

Police facts say the alleged assault by Ms Diaz on Mr Garner caused him to swerve all over the road, as she allegedly "punched him numerous times with a closed fist".

Police called him to pull over the vehicle and allegedly observed "multiple scratches on [Garner's] torso and three gouges on the left side of his back".

Court documents allege that Ms Diaz "admitted to 'seeing black' and that in this rage she was unable to fully recall her actions".

"[Diaz] agreed her behaviour was not acceptable but maintained that when in this angered state she didn't intend to inflict injury but was unable to control herself."

The hair stylist had allegedly told police that the rage was a result of not taking medication for one of her mental health conditions, and that drinking affected her adversely.

Police facts also say that Mr Garner held "fears" she "might assault him further when not taking medication".

Police also held fears there "will be further assaults if no action is taken to protect the victim".

An Apprehended Violence Order (AVO) issued at Burwood Court ordered that Ms Diaz not assault, threaten, stalk, harass or intimidate Mr Garner, not recklessly destroy or damage any property.

Ms Diaz was also ordered to "not do anything that make [Mr Garner] feel frightened or feel that you may harm him or his belongings including jointly owned property or pets".

Ms Diaz told the court that Mr Garner would also be appearing as her witness as she defends her case.